title: [Follow-up and treatment outcome of early anorexia nervosa].
abstract: In a two-center follow-up study on the early-onset form of anorexia nervosa, we reexamined 43 (74%) of 58 former patients who had developed anorexia nervosa at the age of 13 years or younger. In addition to make a standardized assessment of the eating disorder at follow-up we assessed psychiatric comorbidity with a structured interview based on the criteria of DSM-III-R and ICD-10. After an average follow-up period of 6.8 years, 8 (18%) of our former patients had an eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) and 4 (9%) still suffered from anorexia nervosa. 5 (11%) of the subjects had developed bulimia nervosa. In 3 cases (7%) we found both syndromes. 12 (28%) of our former patients had an additional psychiatric disorder. The results of our study indicate that the quality of outcome in patients with an early-onset form of anorexia nervosa does not differ from that in individuals with a later manifestation of the eating disorder. Factors of prognostic relevance were the existence of an eating disorder during the first year of life and the duration of the follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neudörfl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krill
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Warnke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Remschmidt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herpertz-Dahlmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010343:Patient Admission; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Verlauf und Heilungserfolg der frühen Anorexia nervosa.